Frans Nässling
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Frans Reinold Nässling (23 November 1868 – 7 May 1933) was a Finnish sports shooter who competed at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics and won three Finnish national championship golds.
Shooting
= Olympics =
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|+ Frans Nässling at the Olympic Games |
| Games
!Event !Rank !Notes |
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" rowspan=2| 1908 Summer Olympics
|style="white-space: nowrap;"| 300 metre free rifle, three positions | 30th |
| style="white-space: nowrap;"| Team free rifle
| 8th |
| style="white-space: nowrap;"| 1920 Summer Olympics
|style="white-space: nowrap;"| 50 metre team free pistol | 11th |align=left| |
= International =
Nässling competed at the 1914 ISSF World Shooting Championships, placing 5th in an army rifle event.{{cite book | last1 = Virtapohja | first1 = Kalle | date = 2019 | title = Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 | trans-title = History of sport shooting in Finland | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto | page = 37 | isbn = 9789519699127}}
= National =
He won three Finnish national championship golds in shooting:{{cite book | date = 1976 | editor1-last = Virtamo | editor1-first = Keijo | display-editors = etal | title = Fokus urheilu 2 | language = fi | edition = 4th | location = Helsinki | publisher = Otava Publishing Company | pages = 138–139 | isbn = 951-1-00331-3}}
- free rifle, standing: 1908
- free rifle, three positions: 1914, 1918
He represented the club Skjutkonstens Vänner i Åbo.{{cite book | last1 = Virtapohja | first1 = Kalle | date = 2019 | title = Sata tarkkaa vuotta. Ampumaurheilun historia Suomessa. Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto 1919–2019 | trans-title = History of sport shooting in Finland | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto | page = 45 | isbn = 9789519699127}}
He was at the constituting meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation.
Other
He broke the Finnish national records of 40 and 80 kilometre cycling in 1895.{{cite book | date = 1998 | editor1-last = Myyryläinen | editor1-first = Reijo | editor2-last = Oesch | editor2-first = Christian | title = Pyöräilymme vuosisata 1898–1998 | language = fi | location = Helsinki | publisher = Suomen pyöräilyunioni | pages = 17–18 | isbn = 952-90-9552-X}}
He was a gymnast in the club Åbo Turnförening his youth.
He was active in the Turku White Guard.{{cite news | last1 = T. | first1 = E. | date = 1 June 1933 | title = Frans R. Nässling | url = https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/aikakausi/binding/926064?page=3 | work = Ampujain lehti | language = fi | page = 148 | issn = 0001-1940 | access-date = 10 April 2021 | via = Digital Collections of National Library of Finland}}
His family name has also appeared as Näsling. Olympic shooter Emil Nässling was his brother.{{cite book | last1 = Siukonen | first1 = Markku | year = 2001 | title = Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 | series = Suuri olympiateos | language = fi | location = Jyväskylä | publisher = Graface | page = 232 | isbn = 951-98673-1-7}}
Sources
- {{cite book | last1 = Siukonen | first1 = Markku | year = 2001 | title = Urheilukunniamme puolustajat. Suomen olympiaedustajat 1906–2000 | series = Suuri olympiateos | language = fi | location = Jyväskylä | publisher = Graface | page = 232 | isbn = 951-98673-1-7}}
References
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External links
- {{olympedia|42022}}
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Category:Finnish male sport shooters
Category:Olympic shooters for Finland
Category:Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Shooters at the 1920 Summer Olympics